Learn About The Old Testament: A Review & Background

A Church News editorial dated January l, 1994, made the bold pronouncement that “the Old Testament has probably influenced the world of Judeo-Christian history and literature more than any other book ever written.” The editorial went on to say that the basis of this claim was the fact that this great book of ancient scripture “contains the stories and traditions and truths that generations of parents have handed down to their children and which pastors from innumerable pulpits have told with power and persuasion” (“A Most Powerful Witness,” LDS Church News, 1994, 01/01/94).

A Gospel Doctrine Class Resource

NOTE: The references on this page to your study of How Often Would I Have Gathered You in connection with the gospel doctrine Sunday School class are not relevant in the year 2019 because adult Sunday School classes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are studying the New Testament this year. However, the stories of the Old Testament as they are told in this book are still relevant and will be a valuable aid for your personal and/or family study of the Old Testament.

To enhance your Old Testament study and make it more meaningful, How Often Would I Have Gathered You, a book of 229 stories from the Old Testament written especially for adult and young adult Latter-day Saints, is recommended as the ideal study aid. This is true for the following reasons: